Tuesday, 11 January 2011

mr. mersault


* Note: Sorry for re-posting this so many times...there was a very irksome spelling mistake in the title and I just had to get rid of it!

I am sad to say that I missed yesterday's deadline for the Folio Society's illustration competition for Albert Camus' The Outsider.  But here is a quick illustration I've put together, post-deadline, in response to Mr Mersault's prison experience, upon remembering the familiar sights and sounds of Algiers from outside his cell.


I am mainly just pleased that I've managed to put a person into one of my pictures that isn't a silhouette or a tracing, at last!  This guy was inspired by Petra Borner's lovely figure drawing.  She may have saved me from an on-going struggle.
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10 comments:

  1. vee love gee12 January 2011 at 13:04

    i love this and im sitting right next to you hee hee

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  2. seesaw designs12 January 2011 at 17:01

    this is amazing.

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  3. mydeerfriend13 January 2011 at 13:10

    Thanks Ness! I need to sit next to you more often (so I can steal your ideas) xxx

    Thank you seesaw designs!! You're most kind x

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  4. Unknown14 January 2011 at 23:54

    thats really great, lots of detail and the collage feel is awesome, its a shame u missed the deadline, your style would go great with the book

    thx for checkin out my work as well =)

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  5. mydeerfriend15 January 2011 at 10:06

    Thanks very much!

    ...Prefer yours though!! ;) Hope it does well!

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  6. ChasingtheCrayon19 January 2011 at 18:00

    I missed the deadline too! Found out about it just a bit too late, rushed to do something, got the flu..so abandoned it as I was never going to manage in time. Sad you didn't get to enter, your illustration is wonderful..here's hoping they will run another comp sometime..

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  7. Anonymous23 January 2011 at 14:50

    this is really lovely, such a shame you missed the deadline, i studied this book in french class in school and the illustration on the front was crap. i would have been a lot more enthusiastic if this had been on the front cover

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  8. mydeerfriend23 January 2011 at 21:38

    That's very kind thanks! I have to admit, the picture on the front of my copy is terrifying. It's a very creepy portrait of a man with quite a scary face, so I think most things would be an improvement on that edition!!

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  9. Amber Grayson30 January 2011 at 21:12

    this is amazing Dawn :)

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  10. mydeerfriend31 January 2011 at 20:02

    Thank you Amber :) :) xx

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